It was her part to serve the meal, to clear the table, and to wash the dishes Jack and Adela were complete without her.

Though they always welcomed her when the work was done, she knew that her society was wholly unessential, and she often prolonged her labours in the scullery that she might not intrude too soon upon them.
She was no longer necessary to anyone--except to Robin the faithful, who followed her as her shadow.

She had become Number Three, and she was lonely--she was lonely!.